Comments on: Yahoo Shareholder Vote Number-Crunching–Whither Cap Re's No Vote?

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Wed, 06 Aug 2008 08:09:04 +0000

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Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:13:29 +0000

[...] and Chariman Roy Bostock receiving 15 percent and 20 percent “no” votes. AllThingsD points out these numbers are actually better than last year, in the absence of the MicroHoo controversy and [...]

By: Broadridge to Yahoo: Oops, We Added Wrong (and Shareholders Like You Lots Less)! | Kara Swisher | BoomTown | AllThingsD

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:08:18 +0000

[...] examination of the shareholder vote was prompted when Yahoo shareholder kerfuffle one major shareholder of Yahoo has asked Broadridge for a recount of its [...]

By: Broadridge to Yahoo: Oops, We Added Wrong! | Kara Swisher | BoomTown | AllThingsD

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:07:16 +0000

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By: The Yahoo Shareholder Vote: Like Florida, Except More Confusing! | Kara Swisher | BoomTown | AllThingsD

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:50:40 +0000

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By: Kara Swisher

Kara Swisher — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:42:29 +0000

Sorry to disagree with your criticism, but this column has broken every major story on Yahoo over the last year and also was first (last April) to start to focus on the looming problems at the Internet giant.

You might not like my style, but I can’t agree there has been no substance in the reports, which have been accurate, newsbreaking, more often than not, first.

You might do some reporting yourself before saying otherwise. (But feel free to call me snarky!)

By: gregory lent

gregory lent — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 09:09:58 +0000

i have found much of your reporting on yahoo this year to have been a triumph of style over substance, an addiction to snark that clouds vision.

this article seems more mature, and maybe i can read you again.

thank you, gregory lent

By: Kara Swisher

Kara Swisher — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 06:20:40 +0000

All fixed. I was typing quickly and made a typo!

Thanks!

By: Eric Jackson

Eric Jackson — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 03:49:23 +0000

No, Kara is correct. 200 million shares were not counted this year compared to the last 2 years of Yahoo! voting. With such publicity around this year’s vote, one would have expected the voting numbers to have increased – not decreased. Yet another reason why Capital Research is right in calling for a full review of the voting.

By: David Frankel

David Frankel — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 03:08:50 +0000

It looks like the number of votes cast given in the article has an extra “75″ in front of it. The correct number is 1,046,095,584; that is 75.8% of the possible shares (1,381,008,701) and it is the sum of the “for” and “withheld” values for each of the board members.

Also odd is the earlier sentence: “Another unusual issue around the voting: The amazing drop in the number of shares that were not voted at all.” I think that should be, “The amazing increase…”

By: Marc Mercuri

Marc Mercuri — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 03:06:13 +0000

Hi Kara:
As a stockholder, I was curious *which* of my proxy letters actually was counted – I recieved 4.

1 was from Icahn, the other three were from Yahoo. The last of which arrived today, August 4th.

Does this strike anyone as odd?

By: Major Yahoo Shareholder Asking For Vote Recount

Major Yahoo Shareholder Asking For Vote Recount — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 01:52:54 +0000

[...] to Kara Swisher of AllthingsD – Capital Research Global Investors, one of Yahoo’s largest shareholders — have [...]